Is Jesus Worth It?

Sometimes as Christians we need to take a step back and reassess our lives, goals, plans, and even our sacrifices. Are we being a true disciple of Jesus or are we merely cheering from the sidelines? As I look back at verses in the New Testament about Jesus' early followers and how they came to be followers, I see something that I don't see today....radical devotion. Were they responding to a still small voice saying, "Go for it"? Or did they know who this Jesus guy was and were more than happy to be apart of His mission. Or maybe it was a bit of both. All I know is that it took a huge step of faith to drop everything at their feet and leave. They left work, family, comfort, security....and didn't ask any questions. And for the few that came along later and DID happen to ask questions, Jesus was flat out harsh. He told them that they could either follow Him from that very moment, or they had to leave; they couldn't have both. The question really came down to, "Is Jesus Worth It?" For those early disciples, and hopefully for us, the answer is yes. But what does that mean? What does that look like? Well, is following Jesus something we're doing just to get a free ride to Heaven (which isn't how that works incase you didn't know)? Or is following Jesus something we're doing because we truly believe in Him and His mission in the world, and love Him enough to sacrifice anything we might have to in order to reach the lost and hurting. Am I willing to leave my job, leave my family, sell my oversized house in order to help someone else? That's partly what it comes down to. Are we all called to sell everything we own and live as missionaries? Maybe not the whole sell everything you own, unless that's what God's telling you to do. But no matter what our living conditions, or how comfortable we might be in life, we should all be living as missionaries. Missionaries in the office, in the house, in the neighborhood, missionaries in the library, missionaries in the store. That being said, does owning an over-sized house, or having way more money than needed to survive stored up stop you, or negatively effect your witnessing to Jesus? Are you so afraid of losing your money or house that you'll give up going to heaven? If you answer yes, then that's not being a true disciple. But don't be upset, most of us all have those times in our life. We just need to refocus our priorities and figure out where Jesus stands in our life.